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Robert Glazer: Scale Without Losing Your Best Talent, Team Building Strategies That Work | Leadership | YAP Classic

Oct 17, 2025
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Robert Glazer
Robert Glazer, a serial entrepreneur and founder of Acceleration Partners, dives deep into challenges of scaling businesses while retaining top talent. He explains his four-capacity framework—spiritual, intellectual, physical, emotional—to enhance both individual and team growth. Glazer emphasizes the importance of clear communication, effective feedback techniques, and building a culture of learning. He discusses preventing organizational breakdowns when scaling, promoting work-life balance, and why authentic leadership fosters trust and improves team dynamics.
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INSIGHT

Four Capacities That Drive Growth

  • Capacity building equals growing four linked capacities: spiritual, intellectual, physical, and emotional.
  • Balancing these allows sustained performance as individuals and teams scale with the business.
ANECDOTE

Growth Revealed Who Could Scale

  • As Acceleration Partners grew, Robert noticed top performers either scaled with the company or fell off the cliff.
  • He realized the same four-capacity formula that helped individuals also explained who could grow with the business.
ADVICE

Match People To The Evolving Seat

  • Expect the job to change as your company scales and evaluate whether the person wants that next role.
  • If the role changed, help the person transition rather than forcing a bad fit to continue.
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